Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Men in Black	Adventure	PG-13	$250,107,128	54,489,570	$429,922,707
2	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$237,444,603
3	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$173,217,604
4	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$109,222,390
5	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$93,256,139
6	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$79,231,380
7	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$58,319,779
8	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$45,841,231
9	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$43,754,587
10	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$26,554,481
11	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$24,628,540
12	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$21,100,629
13	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$20,468,790
14	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$6,846,411	1,491,593	$11,768,669
Total Gross of All Movies				$799,748,753
Total Tickets Sold					174,237,203
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,374,731,532

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.